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Wage-rate Law Okd For Public Works Staff

June 11, 1997|By Glen A. Sisk.

BEACH PARK — The Beach Park Village Board on Tuesday evening unanimously approved an ordinance that ascertains and establishes the wages of laborers, workers and mechanics employed by the village's public works division.

The ordinance calls for laborers, workers and mechanics to be paid at a rate equal to the prevailing rate of wages for construction workers within the Lake County area.

That rate is set by the Illinois Department of Labor in June of each year and is available to the public in published form.

The ordinance was passed to comply with a state law that requires such wages be regulated by any public body.

In a related matter, the village approved an addition to the health insurance offered to village employees. The addition, approved by a 5-1 margin, will now provide dental insurance to all full-time village employees and qualified dependents.

The village trustee voting against the dental insurance provision was Martin Stanonik.